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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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